Patterns and thresholds of grazing-induced changes in community structure and ecosystem functioning: species-level responses and the critical role of species traits

Scale-dependent patterns and mechanisms of grazing-induced biodiversity loss: evidence from a field manipulation experiment in semiarid steppe

(2015) Wenhuai Li et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Selective grazing and seasonal precipitation play key roles in shaping plant community structure of semi-arid grasslands

(2015) Hongwei Wan et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Resistance and resilience of a grassland ecosystem to climate extremes

(2014) David L. Hoover et al.   ECOLOGY

Abrupt transition of mesic grassland to shrubland: evidence for thresholds, alternative attractors, and regime shifts

(2014) Zak Ratajczak et al.   ECOLOGY

Testing for Thresholds in a Semiarid Grassland: The Influence of Prairie Dogs and Plague

(2014) David J. Augustine et al.   Rangeland Ecology & Management

The intrinsic dimensionality of plant traits and its relevance to community assembly

(2013) Daniel C. Laughlin   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Understanding diversity-stability relationships: towards a unified model of portfolio effects

(2012) Loïc M. Thibaut et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Vertebrate herbivore-induced changes in plants and soils: linkages to ecosystem functioning in a semi-arid steppe

(2012) Dima Chen et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Shifting thresholds and changing degradation patterns: climate change effects on the simulated long-term response of a semi-arid savanna to grazing

(2012) Dirk Lohmann et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Grazing alters ecosystem functioning and C:N:P stoichiometry of grasslands along a regional precipitation gradient

(2012) Yongfei Bai et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Which plant traits determine abundance under long-term shifts in soil resource availability and grazing intensity?

(2012) Etienne Laliberté et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Selecting traits that explain species-environment relationships: a generalized linear mixed model approach

(2012) Tahira Jamil et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

The role of functional traits in species distributions revealed through a hierarchical model

(2011) Laura J. Pollock et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Functional structure of an arid steppe plant community reveals similarities with Grime's C-S-R theory

(2011) Cédric Frenette-Dussault et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Effects of fire, grazing and topographic variation on vegetation structure in tallgrass prairie

(2011) Scott L. Collins et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Dominant species, rather than diversity, regulates temporal stability of plant communities

(2011) Takehiro Sasaki et al.   OECOLOGIA

Influence of Grazing Management on Plant Diversity of Highland Sourveld Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

(2011) Tim G. O’Connor et al.   Rangeland Ecology & Management

Seasonally dependent impacts of grazing on soil nitrogen mineralization and linkages to ecosystem functioning in Inner Mongolia grassland

(2011) Yumei Shan et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Grazing changes topography-controlled topsoil properties and their interaction on different spatial scales in a semi-arid grassland of Inner Mongolia, P.R. China

(2010) Angelika Kölbl et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Differential responses of plant functional trait to grazing between two contrasting dominant C3 and C4 species in a typical steppe of Inner Mongolia, China

(2010) Shuxia Zheng et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Effects of grazing management system on plant community structure and functioning in a semiarid steppe: scaling from species to community

(2010) Hongwei Wan et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Grassland responses to grazing: effects of grazing intensity and management system in an Inner Mongolian steppe ecosystem

(2010) Philipp Schönbach et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

A new method for detecting and interpreting biodiversity and ecological community thresholds

(2010) Matthew E. Baker et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Using functional traits to predict grassland ecosystem change: a mathematical test of the response-and-effect trait approach

(2009) KATJA KLUMPP et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Quantitative Identification of Disturbance Thresholds in Support of Aquatic Resource Management

(2008) Travis O. Brenden et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Plant responses to agricultural intensification

(2008) Josh Dorrough et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Grazing effects on soil chemical and physical properties in a semiarid steppe of Inner Mongolia (P.R. China)

(2007) Markus Steffens et al.   GEODERMA

Effects of grazing and topography on dust flux and deposition in the Xilingele grassland, Inner Mongolia

(2007) C. Hoffmann et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS